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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1899
Page
4
Wednesday issue notes Illinois Central schedule with arrival and departure times, local visitors, health ads, and notices. Mentions Easter, prayers, land purchases, and various advertisements for medicines and services. Includes brief community items about residents, transportation, and a university commencement reference.
Prominent Atlanta lawyer preacher Edward Thomson LL D will speak on True Americanism at the Brookhaven Methodist Church Wednesday night April 5 at 7 30. Admission is free as part of the Sunday League of America tour across Alabama and Georgia. The lecture garners praise from multiple papers as eloquent and masterly, highlighting Thomson as a leading Sunday reform advocate.
In a stark warning the shore of disease is described as calm yet deadly, likened to a treacherous sea that can swallow the unwary. The piece urges prompt rest, care, and recovery rather than ignoring mild ailments and pushing through discomfort.
The Brookhaven city council adopted a ordinance to set standard water and light rates effective April 1. The plan includes penalties for violations and details on lighting hours. The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company received permission to erect posts along streets and railroads with care to avoid hazards and damage to trees. The board also urged stricter enforcement of stock control on city streets and noted an upcoming marriage in New Orleans for Mr Henry W Marx to Miss Louise Gutmann.
The Pearl River Lumber Company with capital up to 1,000,000 by the governor was granted a charter. The firm may manufacture lumber brick build private railways and more. A first stockholder meeting is planned in Brookhaven with the domicile to be fixed by stockholders.
Local column reports on church ladies organizing an aid society, new residences at Thayer, and Keystone Lumber Company preparing rail line toward Monticello. Mentions Judge Truly’s Magnolia court, a jovial supper for Lonnie Scarborough’s return, and seed corn from Geo Ris of McComb City.
All persons with plots at Rosehill cemetery are urged to place trash boxes on their lots to keep walks and driveways clean. Rosehill Cemetery Association notes Switzerland controls and conducts their telephones with a charge of one cent per call or eight dollars annually.
A fragmentary ad lists Skin Diseases and the promise of a permanent cure from a "rapid end permanent cure" through a so called skin ointment. It mentions Dr. Cady's Condition Powders as a tonic and purifying remedy, priced at 25 cents, amid scattered legal and notarized text doubtfully related to a court matter.
A fragmented advertisement promotes piano sales by mail with freight paid and catalog pricing. It claims representation for ten popular piano brands and mentions easy payment terms, urging readers to request the catalogue and price list.
An item urges readers to trade in a piano for a newer instrument, praising a climate adapted Mathuph climate piano and inviting letters with make and serial numbers. Other notes report local travel, a church meeting on April 1, and positive health news about Rev. E P Douglass, with Moccasin snake bites healing well in days.
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